Re: tape recording consult??

[Guest guest]

HalIn my opinion you would be wrong to not take a tape recorder or digital recorder. Even with two of you listening and taking notes a good deal of what is said would probably be lost by the time you go home.I was amazed at how much was on my tape recorder at my first several appointments that I didn't remember and I thought I was being very organized and methodical. If you don't have an appropriate recorder I would recommend the small Sony which I got at an office supply. Skip GE. I now use an Olympus digital recorder and am quite happy with it. If you have an i phone there is a device you can get at Radio Shack that allows you to use it as a recorder.

I can't speak for your doctors. At the Breast center at UCLA every room has a tape recorder and you are given a tape to record the parade of doctors you see. One of my doctors reminds me to turn on the recorder if I forget.

PatOn Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM, <cajam1@...> wrote:

 

Hi,My wife was diagnosed CLL in 1995. Watch and wait 7 years, then started FCR at MD . 6 year remission then FCR again at local oncologist after consulting with Dr. Keating. Relasped again after 14 months. She needs to begin treatment again ( only age 65). We are going to see Dr. Byrd at OSU this week for a consult. The following week we are flying to MD to meet with Dr. Keating and also the next day with their transplant team.

I'm sure we'll be overwhelmed with info and statistics. Rather than try to take notes while listening to the docs. , would it be wrong to ask if we could tape record the consult so we can keep things straight once we are home. We need to start treatment in the next 3-4 weeks. Would the docs. be offended or refuse on legal grounds.

Don't want to break protocol, but also a life is at stake here and we don't want to forget or misinterpret  the info given to us.Thanks,Hal

[Guest guest]

Each physician will be different. There is no harm in asking. I have several

patients who tape record our conversations in order to be able to keep track of

all that is on-going. It is certainly overwhelming and most physicians are the

first to acknowledge it. By tape recording the meeting, you will also be able

to listen during the meeting instead of having to concentrate on taking notes.

I would try to look into a CAL-101 or PCI-32765.

Rick Furman, MD

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> Hi,

> My wife was diagnosed CLL in 1995. Watch and wait 7 years, then started FCR at

MD . 6 year remission then FCR again at local oncologist after

consulting with Dr. Keating. Relasped again after 14 months. She needs to begin

treatment again ( only age 65). We are going to see Dr. Byrd at OSU this week

for a consult. The following week we are flying to MD to meet with Dr.

Keating and also the next day with their transplant team.

> I'm sure we'll be overwhelmed with info and statistics. Rather than try to

take notes while listening to the docs. , would it be wrong to ask if we could

tape record the consult so we can keep things straight once we are home. We need

to start treatment in the next 3-4 weeks. Would the docs. be offended or refuse

on legal grounds.

> Don't want to break protocol, but also a life is at stake here and we don't

want to forget or misinterpret the info given to us.

> Thanks,

> H al

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